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| Girl dies while out riding with Cotswold Hunt | Girl dies while out riding with Cotswold Hunt |
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| A nine-year-old girl has been killed in a horse-riding accident while out with a hunt in Gloucestershire. | A nine-year-old girl has been killed in a horse-riding accident while out with a hunt in Gloucestershire. |
| The girl is understood to have been out with the Cotswold Hunt in Miserden, near Stroud, when she was injured on Saturday. | |
| The girl was reported to have been kicked by a horse while riding her pony. | |
| Police said her family and the coroner had been told of the death, which is not being treated as suspicious. | |
| 'Tragic accident' | |
| South Western Ambulance said she was airlifted to the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, where she died later. | |
| A source told the Press Association (PA): "My understanding is that she was riding slightly behind a bigger horse that kicked out at her pony. | |
| "The kick caught her. It was a tragic accident." | |
| Another told PA: "She is believed to have been kicked off her horse by another horse. It is an extremely sad incident." |